Tag: Barb Luhring

Audience engagement is important during your presentation. But if you don’t have the proper set-up for a graphic recorder – Sketch Notes may be the solution for you! I’ll come to your event and sketch your presentation from a seat in the audience Following your event, I’ll combine the images, add color and deliver digital assets that can be distributed to your audience, once again reinforcing your message. Your message lives on in words and pictures. Questions? Contact me.

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Smart Growth Sturgeon Bay • November 2014

In November of 2014, Charolette Baierl and Caitlin Oleson sat down for a conversation about economic development in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. Their plan involves evaluation of physical and human resources, creation of an economy that offers young people a great place to thrive and offering entrepreneurs of all ages the tools they need to succeed in a small town.

“Working with Barb is an absolute delight. When you share a thought or an idea she is always enthusiastic and willing to brainstorm to help bring your vision to life. She is timely, creative, and without a doubt an outside-of-the-box thinker. You will absolutely enjoy your experience working with Barb. “Ashley Rothmann, Precision Paper Converters

The Importance of BrainstormingJust as idea generation through brainstorming is important, so is the implementation of that idea. It is the ultimate goal for the creative process to come into fruition.Hub Pages

Barb Luhring’s Graphic Recording will help you bring your ideas to fruition!

On January 4, 2016, Barb Luhring created a graphic recording for the roll-out meeting of Great Lakes Research Institute (Now the Lake Michigan Research Institute)

My client, Great Lakes Research Institute (Now the Lake Michigan Research Institute), is an environmental start-up that began planning their future on a freezing January day – just after New Year’s – in 2016.

The conference, held at the University of Wisconsin – Green Bay, was the kick-off event of an organization dedicating itself to collaborative Lake Michigan research opportunities for the University of Wisconsin faculty and students as well as the citizens of northeastern Wisconsin.

Kick-off time was 8:30 A.M. at a conference room at the UWGB. I arrived early to set-up my work space. Conference facilitator and organizer Caitlin Oleson was setting up her Power-Point presentation and huddling with breakout session leaders Nancy Aten and Dan Collins of Landscapes of Place, LLC.

The invite list – 30+ people – included science faculty from 5 state universities and state of Wisconsin employees, private citizens. All in all, an eclectic mix of public and private stakeholders ready to discuss an exciting new venture.

My work space attracted some curious inquiries and I explained what I was up to, as I sketched out the beginnings the drawing in pencil. My tools included pan pastels, markers, and an approximately 4′ x 8′ piece of white paper.

As the conference commenced and I set to work capturing the most critical elements in visual form – a.k.a. – the graphic recording!

Hours later as conference leader Caitlin Oleson was summarizing the road ahead, I was wrapping up the work of the previous 4 hours. People stopped by to view the finished drawing and ask questions. The electricity in the room warmed the frigid January day and animated discussion about the road ahead.

I put the finishing touches on the drawing, wrapped it up and dropped it off to be scanned.

Per the client’s request, an 8.5″ x 14″ PDF would be retouched and emailed to all attendees in order to keep everyone on the same page moving forward. The final work was 4′ tall by approximately 7 feet wide and will act as a road map of sorts for the establishment of the Lake Michigan Research Institute.

Reaction from conference Breakout Session leaders:

At the first conference for our new venture, Barbara heard the sparks of insight and the key questions, and wove them into a graphic recording. Her visual responses during our conversations boosted the energy in the room. Now, her work is keeping us focused and introducing our venture to new colleagues – beginning good conversations for us with those we want to engage. She’s a valuable resource that was a revelation to us.

There are a number of benefits to using cartoons in teaching because they can: motivate students to engage with the lesson’s teaching point, arouse interest in a particular idea or topic grab and maintain attention.

Barb Luhring is an excellent cartoonist! Her work can help you explain difficult concepts AND technology.

Explanation of 3W Media Hosting Plans for 2017
How many times have you tried explaining technology to your audience or for your client? A picture is worth a thousand words and that’s exactly what Barb Luhring excels at!

Web pioneer 3W Media needed tight visuals to help explain their 2017 hosting changes. Two of the pages in the PDF highlighted the Web challenges they faced when 3W started offering services in 1995 vs. today’s challenges on across multiple platforms.

“Graphic recording creates a compelling visual summary in real-time — it almost has to be seen to be believed. Let’s just say that innovative companies like NASA, Google, Disney and many, many more use graphic recording on a regular basis as part of group processes.”Kelly Kingman, Kingman Ink

Lisa Gansky is the author of The Mesh: Why the Future of Business Is Sharing, and the “instigator” behind the Mesh Directory (http://meshing.it). She often speaks on the topic of technology, social currency and business platforms and models.

For more than 18 years, Gansky has been an entrepreneur and environmentalist focused on building companies and supporting ventures where there is an opportunity for well-timed disruption and a resounding impact. A founder and CEO of several internet companies, including GNN (the first commercial web publication) and the largest consumer photo sharing and print service, Ofoto (now Kodak Gallery), Gansky’s attention is on sustainable ventures with positive social impact. Gansky currently serves as a Director of Dos Margaritas, an environmental foundation focused in Latin America.

Engaging, inclusive, diverse digital illustrations.

Digital Illustration • Diversity & Inclusion

LGBT Door County is encouraging Door County businesses to “come out” as equality allies to the LGBT community. From their website:“Equality tourism is a way to unite people who believe in fairness whether they are interested in taking a vacation, supporting a business that cares about all kinds of equality including LGBT or connecting Door County organizations with lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender tourists.”

Pictured above: A coloring page featuring the incredible Lex Allen performing at the Tambourine Lounge in Sturgeon Bay at an event sponsored by LGBT Door County

Engaging, inclusive, diverse digital illustrations.

Digital Illustration • Diversity & Inclusion

Millennial leisure travelers like group vacations. And as THE MOST diverse generation in American history, they demand that ALL their traveling companions are treated with respect. That includes LGBT friends as well as their friends of color. Businesses that understand how important diversity is to this group of leisure travel consumers are reaping benefits.

LGBT Door County helps Door County, Wisconsin businesses embrace these principles, with the end goal of creating inclusive communities. And as we’ve seen on a national scale, inclusive communities are communities that experience economic growth.

Engaging, inclusive, diverse digital illustrations.

Digital Illustration • Diversity & Inclusion
The Millennial generation is the largest, most diverse generation in American history. When looking to engage this group of consumers, it’s important to make diversity and inclusion part of the package. DCBounce is a Door County tourism promotion that reaches out to Millennials by showing the face of young people in a small town Midwestern tourism destination. And who better to sell a community as a destination than one’s own peer group.